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In response to "22% ratings bump for Kamala’s closing argument v RNC -- (link)" by mr mooch

A couple of things I noticed from the prior nights' ratings was that something like 80+% of the viewers were over 55 and just the number of viewers

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Aug 23 '24, 10:26

across 7 networks was somewhere in the 20-25 million range. That's probably less than an ordinary Sunday night football game (don't know for sure). Certainly less than a popular network tv show 20 years ago. Just kind of amazing to me how things have changed. Noted that many people may have been watching on line as well so it's hard to know if it's just spread out even further.

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Harris HQ debuted their Twitch channel last night just for her speech -- nm - mr mooch Aug 23, 10:35 7
- "Howaaaarrd! Come help you mother do the twitch!" "Aw ma, don't put it like that..." -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 23, 10:40 2
  - Yeah, I meant to say “the Twitch channel” and it came out Boomer. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 10:46 1
    - Heh, I wasn't even (consciously) considering what you wrote. My head was lost in JokeSpace. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 23, 10:51
- Heh, I didn’t know about the Twitch. Maybe they’ll stream Coach Walz playing Madden NFL. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 10:37 3
  - “Gwen Walz seized his Dreamcast because he had been playing to excess” -- (link) - mr mooch Aug 23, 10:42 2
    - (At least some) MAGA tried to mock him for that, but apparently didn't realize that it makes him even more relatable. -- nm - Dano Aug 23, 10:57
    - Lol -- nm - mara Aug 23, 10:47
We watched on our FireTV on YouTube because NBC and ABC talking heads kept talking over the speakers with their inane commentary - oblique Aug 23, 10:28 6
- C-span.org, ftw! -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 10:39
- We watched on YouTube and I was thankful for no commentary -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 10:38
- so frustrating -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 10:30
- Same here. The commentary on ABC was unbelievably intrusive. -- nm - mara Aug 23, 10:29 2
  - Mirror Universe C-Span. :) -- nm - Baron of the Rings Aug 23, 10:33
  - I found that on the major networks as well. The cable networks like CNN and MSNBC were pretty much just the feed (only talking occasionally during - pmb Aug 23, 10:32

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